Headlines about Kingsway Financial Services (NYSE:KFS) (TSE:KFS) have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Kingsway Financial Services earned a news impact score of 0.07 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave media coverage about the insurance provider an impact score of 45.0906642218523 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the next few days.

Kingsway Financial Services (NYSE:KFS) opened at $5.45 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 0.26, a quick ratio of 0.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.12. Kingsway Financial Services has a 12 month low of $5.10 and a 12 month high of $6.50.

In other news, Director Joseph Stilwell bought 10,100 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 29th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $6.10 per share, for a total transaction of $61,610.00. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Gary Schaevitz bought 5,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, October 31st. The stock was purchased at an average price of $5.50 per share, with a total value of $27,500.00. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders purchased 87,077 shares of company stock valued at $509,947. Company insiders own 44.97% of the company’s stock.

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About Kingsway Financial Services

Kingsway Financial Services Inc is a holding company. The Company operates as a merchant bank primarily engaged, through its subsidiaries, in the property and casualty insurance business. The Company operates through Insurance Underwriting segment. Its Insurance Underwriting segment provides non-standard automobile insurance to individuals who do not meet the criteria for coverage by standard automobile insurers.